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APRIL 17, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XL • NO 2
A journey no one must take alone BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
A ccording to a study published by the Amputee Coalition in February 2024, more than 5.6 million Americans live with limb loss and limb difference today.
There are a variety of challenges individuals may experience with limb loss, and it affects people of every age group and background. But many Americans are unaware of the issues amputees face on a daily basis. See Amputee support group pg 2
Members of the Mountwaybia Club enjoy tea at a recent meeting.
still provides an opportunity for women to gather in members’ In 1924, Helen Breneman homes to carry out the motto gathered a group of women to “Culture, Friendship and Service.” form what she envisioned as “a cozy little literary club.” For 100 years, the Mountwaybia Club “It was an outlet named for the hometowns of the for women to do original members, Mountville something academic, and Columbia, as well as the Lincoln Highway that joins the stretching themselves towns - has been drawing women and learning something together. new.” Over the years, many things have changed for the club. Gone are the musical selections played The Mountwaybia Club meets on the Victrola during club meetings and the $1 annual dues. twice a month on Wednesdays But despite the decades, most from October to April, concludthings are unchanged, as the club ing the year with a spring social
in May. At each meeting, a club member serves as hostess, and another gives a report before tea and other refreshments are served. “We run our meetings differently than other book clubs,” said club member Marianne Nolt. “Some people just read a book and then they all discuss it. We have a business meeting to start, and then each person takes a month to be the reporter.” The woman presenting the report may choose the topic, focusing on a book or a subject of personal interest. At a recent meeting, club vice president Deanna L awrence o f fe re d a b i o g ra p hy a b o u t Robert Frost and then read one See Mountwaybia pg 3
Through getaways, PA Family Travel Fair brings people together BY JEFF FALK
Sometimes we try too hard. Sometimes we overthink things. Sometimes the answer is right in front of us. The PA Family Travel Fair has a unique way of simplifying things. The lively event focuses on recreation, on Pennsylvania, on family. “Recreation is so important to your well-being,” said Wendy
Royal, organizer of the PA Family Travel Fair and editor of Where & When Pennsylvania. “It’s crucial to your health to check out of your job. It can just be a long weekend. But it’s time with kids too. It’s important for families to spend time together. It’s important to get away and make those memories. You only get 18 summers with your kids.” The sixth edition of the annual PA Family Travel Fair, hosted by See Travel Fair pg 4
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